Five community groups and charities were presented with cheques totalling £3,000 at West Dorset Vintage Tractor & Stationary Engine Club’s (WDVTSEC) October meeting at Dorchester’s Colliton Club.
The money was raised at this summer’s annual West Dorset Vintage Rally held at West Bay – a vintage vehicle buff’s chance to indulge in all sorts of vehicles and engines, from stationary engines to tractors, vintage cars, motorbikes, steam engines and more.
Since the club started in the 1970s, it has donated nearly £100,000 to local charities. This year Weldmar Hospicecare received £1,000, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance £500, Central Dorchester Scouts £500, Bridport Sea Cadets £500 and Charmouth Scout Group £500.
WDVTSEC president Loric Collins said: “We had a very good rally again this year, with good weather, and I’m very pleased to be able to give some money, proceeds from the rally, to the groups who volunteer to help us put the rally on – help with the car marshalling and the litter picking. They do a terrific job and we wouldn’t be able to do the rally without them. And a big thank you too to Sean who does the litter picking, who again has generously donated his £500 to Weldmar.”